U2 breaks attendance record at Giants Stadium

Evan AgostiniGuitarist The Edge and singer Bono perform at Giants Stadium on Thursday. The concert drew more than 84,000 people.

U2’s Sept. 24 concert at Giants Stadium wasn’t just the biggest concert in the stadium’s history, but its biggest event of any kind. It drew 84,472, beating out the 82,948 who attended Pope John Paul II’s appearance there in 1995.